J.B. a self made 'Guru' to a bunch of street kids who he calls his 'family' operates a clothing store with his close friend Zink on trendy Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles U.S.A. At a secret drug and sex filled rave party J.B. meets the beautiful Nicole another Melrose Avenue boutique owner and designer. A fatal attraction ensues....
Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight -- or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren The Man With The Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not
Kurt Masur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in performances of Strauss''s final work Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) with Julia Varady (soprano) as the soloist and Metamorphosen - a composition for 23 strings written by Strauss during the closing months of the Second World War to mourn the bombing of the Munich Opera House. Bonus: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche - Kurt Masur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Strauss''s famous symphonic poem recounting the exploits and demise of the legendary practical joker Till Eulenspiegel. Recorded live at the Alte Oper Frankfurt
After Bruce Lee's untimely death in 1973 and the global success of Enter The Dragon two feature films were created to capitalise on Lee's worldwide stardom. The first of these films The Green Hornet was released theatrically in 1974. Starring Bruce Lee as Kato and Van Williams as The Green Hornet the film capitalised on the existing popularity of the 1960s crime fighting duo. Edited with Bruce Lee's star power in mind the film has an abundance of spectacular fight scenes. Fury Of The Dragon was released in 1976. This movie takes Kato and the Green Hornet on four epic adventures including trying to stop a plot to oust a young prince of foreign power and exposing two crooked cops a case that leads to the Green Hornet being wounded and then nearly killed. This box set also includes a poster.
When brilliant surgeon Dr. Sam Sheppard (Peter Strauss) is convicted of the brutal murder of his wife their son Chip remains convinced of his fathers innocence but he is still a child. Some years later his father is eventually released leading Chip to take on a nightmare confrontation with his past.
Ice Cube replaces Vin Diesel as the extreme secret agent, handled by Samuel L. Jackson.
Autumn Journey is a filmed portrait of the life and work of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau one of the great musical giants of the 20th century. Along with Richter Oistrakh Menuhin Rostropovich Casals and Callas he represents a truly golden era of great artists not only remembered for their extraordinary live performances but whose musicianship has also left to the world an unrivalled legacy of recordings. Filmed on the occasion of his 70th birthday Fischer-Dieskau reveals for the first time many of the secrets of his outstanding success. In typically modest style this prolific singer talks about his life the remarkable influences which have guided his career musical interpretation his colleagues and his attitude towards Italian Russian and French repertoire. Performance extracts include works by Schubert Schumann Strauss Brahms Mahler Wolf Bach Verdi Mozart Wagner Reimann Berg Henze and Britten. This special DVD package includes an 85-minute recital of 23 songs by Franz Schubert from the Opera Theatre of Nuremberg in which Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is accompanied by Hartmut H''ll.
The inspiration for the popular sixties TV series ˜The Fugitive', which spawned the hugely successful Harrison Ford movie in 1993, was in fact a real-life miscarriage of justice. This film dramatizes the conviction of surgeon Dr Sam Sheppard for allegedly murdering his wife, as seen from the point of view of his son Chip. When his father is eventually released, Chip reaches back to the past in an attempt to prove his dad's innocence once and for all.
Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight -- or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren The Man With The Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not
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